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Many software development teams have changed their way of working to follow the Scrum framework. But some omit key elements, which impacts their work. These are the omissions I commonly see — and reasons why I think they should not be neglected.

Open communication assumes trust in the decision making of the entire group, and not that of just a select group. In a Lean and Agile environment, we trust that the group can make good choices, and we try to give them as much information as possible to do so.